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Killer motorists could escape prison
By Visordown News on 09/01/2008 17:22:48
Sat Nav distraction OK - apparently
PRISON MIGHT not be the correct punishment for motorists found guilty of causing death by careless driving. And it may include drivers who are distracted by Sat Nav equipment!That’s the recommendation made by new sentencing proposals to be announced
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Gun wielding bike thief hangs himself in prison
By Visordown News on 06/01/2009 11:15:31
21-year-old gunman found dead in his cell
was wearing a bullet-proof vest he escaped serious injury.A report in today's Evening Standard says English was found dead by prison officers just after 7am on Sunday. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is to conduct an investigation.
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Bike thief gets two year prison term
By Tim Skilton on 31/07/2007 14:24:19
Heavy sentence for motorcycle criminal
reported the theft of a motorbike from his garden. Local police collected fingerprints from the site after starting an investigation into the incident. One other man, who was present when the crime took place, escaped a prison sentence after appeal
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Masturbating driver handed stiff sentence
By Visordown News on 08/01/2009 17:48:02
Man who filmed himself masturbating while driving starts prison term
AN AUSSIE man who was busted filming himself masturbating while driving at over 90mph has been given a 2 month prison sentence and fined over $2000.Brenton Alan Erhardt, 39, appeared before magistrates to answer a raft of offences, including traffic
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No jail for death crash driver
By Visordown News on 23/09/2009 09:38:27
Female driver escapes prison over death of speeding biker
A FEMALE DRIVER has been told she will not go to prison after admitting causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving.Laura Johnson, 25, of Victoria Road, Warmley, Bristol, turned right into the path of motorcyclist Michael Pickering
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Four face jail over biker death crash
By Visordown News on 23/12/2008 10:18:16
Bikers face prison sentence after friend is killed performing high-speed wheelie
FOUR BIKERS are facing prison sentences after their friend - also on a motorcycle - was killed while performing a high-speed wheelie.The four have been convicted of dangerous driving but were acquitted of causing the death of Martin Firth, of Beal
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Barry Sheene's on the run
By Visordown News on 03/12/2007 16:05:25
Late superstar's namesake escapes from prison
A BURGLAR, named after Britain's double 500cc world champion, is the latest inmate to abscond from Sudbury open prison.Barry Sheene Munro, 29, walked out of the prison on Saturday. He had been jailed for three years by Stoke Crown Court in September
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Bikers face jail for cutting man’s ears off
By Visordown News on 20/12/2007 14:57:50
Gang members to face lengthy prison sentence
AUSSIE BAD-ASSES from the Lone Wolves bike gang have been charged with the abduction and torture of a Gold Coast man who had both his ears cut off. An unnamed 38-year-old was bound with adhesive tape and his ears severed after being abducted by three men from his home on November...
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"Hello Mum, I'm off to jail"
By Visordown News on 20/12/2007 14:45:55
Drivers using mobile phones face prison under new legislatio
DRIVERS CAUGHT using a handheld mobile phone in the car while driving will face possible jail sentences under tough new guidlines. New guidance on the ruling from the Crown Prosecution Service follows a policy change announced in September because of concerns that too many drive...
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Fatal crash biker tries to buy himself out of jail
By Visordown News on 29/02/2008 11:11:24
Man attempts to avoid Greek prison sentence after abandoning dying pillion
A BRITISH man who abandoned a dying 18-year-old after a motorbike crash in Greece eleven years ago will try to buy his way out of jail, for £3668.A report in The Cumberland News states how Paul Pettinger, 35, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was in court to face an extradition hearing ...
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